William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
discovers expectation folly insipid joys security wish
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly of the chase.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met:They could not always last;And though the present I regret,I'm grateful for the past.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met: They could not always last; And though the present I regret, I'm grateful for the past.
english-poet
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
hope prone
I hope you do not think me prone to an iteration of nuptials.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand,Which, to admire, we should not understand.
light tricks women
Women are like tricks by light of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand.
age age-and-aging believe golden men
Believe it, Men have ever been the same,And all the Golden Age is but a Dream.
expectation joy joys
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life.
dead quite
Is he then dead? / What, dead at last, quite, quite for ever dead!
rise sun thee till
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise
fire lost proper rude shock smoke
Nature, to each allots his proper Sphere, But, that forsaken, we like Comets err: Toss'd thro' the Void, by some rude Shock we're broke, And all our boasted Fire is lost in Smoke
bend charms english-poet hath music savage soothe
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
bend charms music savage soothe
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.